noun
mandi
noun
1
A traditional Southeast Asian method of bathing by scooping water from a large container and pouring it over the body.
"Guests are shown how to take a mandi rather than use a shower."
2
A Yemeni dish of meat and rice slow-cooked in a pit oven, now popular across the Arabian Peninsula.
"The restaurant's lamb mandi is famous throughout the city."
name
1
A city and district in Himachal Pradesh, India.
"Mandi sits along the Beas River in the Himalayan foothills."
How to Use Mandi
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDepending on context, either a Southeast Asian bathing method or a spiced Yemeni rice-and-meat dish.
Word Forms
mandis plural, mandis plural
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Etymology
From Malay mandi ("to bathe"); the food sense developed independently in Yemeni Arabic.